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This is an incredible video because of the shocking footage of blatant disregard for worker safety. This can lead to an interesting discussion concerning how China has been able to have its economy grow. What other ways has China (or Chinese companies) been "cutting corners?" How does that give them a competitive edge on the global industrial market?
This video was certainly disturbing to say the least. There appears to be absolutely no worker safety whatsoever in China. This has resulted of course in their economy soaring to new heights. They don't have to pay these workers anything and they have virtually no safety codes to have them follow. I am not sure this type of direction can last forever but it has certainly stood up for sometime.
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Martin Luther King Jr. represented an end to violence and oppression. So I too would like to know why his name is being placed on street signs in violent neighborhoods. I understand that he was an African American who pushed for the rights of people like him, but this seems to be the opposite of what he stood for.
Tags: historical, culture, landscape, place, race, unit 3 culture, USA, urban, poverty, unit 7 cities, book review. Via Seth Dixon 
melissa stjean's comment,
October 8, 2012 9:49 PM
These streets are the most popular in the country, but they are located mostly located in areas with profoundly poorer incomes. With poorer incomes, leads to increased crime rates, does naming a street after an iconic hero please the people who live here? It seems like the geography of these places is creating a line of segregation by using his name for a street.
Jeff F's comment,
October 8, 2012 10:42 PM
Martin Luther King Streets are places into prominently African-American neighborhoods because that is where the dominant white culture says they belong. Martin Luther King jr was a powerful African-American man and a powerful African-American man has no place in white communities according to this philosophy. If a MLK street was to be placed into a white suburb it would likely cause controversy. Cries of myths such as "reverse racism" would likely run rampant. This would be accompanied with the idea that a MLK street should only belong in an area with a heavy African-American population.
Jesse Gauthier's comment,
October 14, 2012 3:49 PM
I think Martin Luther King should be memorialized in all parts of the country, and why not with all cultures and races. He did stand for non-violence and non-discrimination, which happens among all types of people.
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How long will the government allow and incourage lake of worker safty before they no longer have workers or the people stand up and say enough!